[ICOM] S Meter on Pro III

[Joe Oski]

Hi Tom,
In my OPINION, don't TRUST either..

There are a lot of RELATIVE aspects of receivers, especially S Meter readings.
There are no published specs.

BTW, Using a step attenuator and signal source, 
I have "Ops Checked" my Pro-III  S-Meter, Attenuators and Pre-amps several times.

Each S-Unit from S9 down to S-5 is 3 dB. Not the traditional 6 dB.
The internal attenuators agree with the 3 dB per S-Unit response.
The Pre-amp gains also agree with the standard step attenuator.

I enjoy my Pro-III especially the RX..

73
Joe O, KI5FJ
NNNN

--- On Tue, 2/1/11, Thomas F. Giella NZ4O <nz4o at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

From: Thomas F. Giella NZ4O <nz4o at tampabay.rr.com>
Subject: [ICOM] S Meter on Pro III
To: "Icom eList" <icom at mailman.qth.net>, "IC-756 Pro 3 Yahoo" <ic756pro3 at yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 3:03 PM

On my IC-756 Pro III the analog S meter and S meter on the multi function 
meter do not agree on the digital modes. The analog always reads a littler 
higher than the other.

Which meter should I trust if either?

73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA
nz4o at tampabay.rr.com

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